Mercy (The Guardians Series 1) by Wendy Saunders

Author:Wendy Saunders [Saunders, Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-11-05T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14.

Dawn was breaking over the clearing casting a pale grey light. The dark robed figure walked slowly towards the hollowed out tree carrying a large canning jar in his hands. Light filtered through the glass highlighting its grisly contents. Folds of human flesh looped in a hideous pile sitting in a pool of human fluids.

Thin tendrils of mist crawled and rippled across the floor of the clearing. The figure moved purposefully circling the tree and as he did a faint sooty orange glow appeared beneath the fog. The light began to grow brighter until it burned like a white hot brand, pulsing as it coalesced into the shape of a circular seal and within its circumference were two interlocking serpents.

The dark figure ignored it and continued on past the second seal which burned upon the frozen ground a few paces from the first. He finally stopped a couple of paces on from the second one and dropped to his knees on the hard packed dirt.

The dirt rumbled and began to churn. Soil coiled upwards spilling over itself, revealing a deep hole. The figure placed the jar into the hole and watched as it sank into the ground. The dark earth began to fold inwards following the path of the jar until the ground was flat once again.. No sign remained that it had ever been disturbed except for a bright orange symbol which now burned alongside its two companions.

The figure watched as the three symbols pulsed and then began to dim. He turned as his hand was suddenly nudged by a ball of matted fur. The dead looking creature peered up at him through white eyes. Mangy fur hung from its skull in clumps, its ears were ragged and looked as if something had been chewing on them but still they stood upright and pointed giving a vague Egyptian feel to the creature. It sat on its skeletal haunches and looked up at its master.

The creature whined, a disturbing sound of pain and anger and loss.

‘You will avenge your mate when the time is right,’ his voice was an unearthly whisper on the air, ‘until then protect the circle.’

The creature growled and stood, its mangy form undulated and began to fade, disappearing from view. Although it could no longer be seen by the naked eye, the ground sunk as if pressed down by huge paws.

Seemingly satisfied the figure turned and disappeared into the woods.

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